Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rovъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rawas, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (“to dig out”). Cognate with Lithuanian rãvas (“ditch”), Old Prussian rawys (“ditch”).

Noun

*rovъ m

1. ditch

Declension

Declension of *rovъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rovъ	*rova	*rovi
genitive	*rova	*rovu	*rovъ
dative	*rovu	*rovoma	*rovomъ
accusative	*rovъ	*rova	*rovy
instrumental	*rovъmь, *rovomь*	*rovoma	*rovy
locative	*rově	*rovu	*rověxъ
vocative	*rove	*rova	*rovi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *rỳti (“to dig”)
• *rъvàti (“to tear”)
• *rỳdlo (“spade, snout”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ровъ (rovŭ)
    • Belarusian: роў (roŭ)
    • Russian: ров (rov)
    • Ukrainian: рів (riv)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: ровъ (rovŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱃⱁⰲⱏ (rovŭ)

  • Bulgarian: ров (rov)
  • Macedonian: ров (rov)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ро̏в

    Latin script: rȍv

  • Slovene: rȍv (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: rov (literary)
  • Polish: rów
  • Slovak: rov
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: row
    • Upper Sorbian: row

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ров”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress